S5 Ep2: The Christmas Day Swimmers

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Dec 23, 202312:08Society & Culture

The Christmas Day dip is a growing tradition around our coasts. This episode celebrates those hardy swimmers and tells the remarkable story of the greatest Christmas Day swimmer of them all - Herbert Wray of Grimsby. Coa...

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